The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leggiero
Leggiadro \Leg`gi*a"dro\ (l[asl]d`j[-e]*[aum]"dr[-o]), Leggiero \Leg`gi*e"ro\ (l[asl]d`j[-e]*[asl]"r[-o]), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) Light or graceful; in a light, delicate, and brisk style.
Wiktionary
leggiero
adv. (misspelling of leggero English)
Usage examples of "leggiero".
There have been a few representations in English within this time and a considerable number in Italian, our operatic institutions being quick, as a rule, to put it upon the stage whenever they have at command a soprano leggiero with a voice of sufficient range and flexibility to meet the demands of the extraordinary music which Mozart wrote for the Queen of Night to oblige his voluble-throated sister-in-law, Mme.